I am a huge fan of the show “Chopped,” a three-round contest on the Food Network where four chefs compete to make an appetizer, entrée and dessert out of four mystery ingredients. The ingredients may be wild boar, oats, maple syrup and cake mix. The purpose of the contest is to use what you have, no matter how mismatched, unexpected or unsavory and create something great out of it.
It is hard t...